Metal screw socket



April 23, 1929. oDlcKA 4 1,710,390

METAL SCREW SOCKET Filed Aug. 192 4 Patented Again 23,

NETE

OF ILLINOIS.

application filed August 9, 1924. Serial No.

My invention is particularly intended and well adapted ilior service in automobile bodies as, for example, in applying removable or socalled California tops thereto, though it will be obvious from what follows that it is also advantageous for a large ninn of sin'iilar uses. It provides a socket for the recs tion of a metal screw which has neat and pleasing appearance when applied to a car or other article in which s used may be 3 quickly and readily applied, possesses the reqnired strength and is relatively inexpensive to manufacture.

In the drawings accompanying and form.

tion of the shank of the attaching screw 7 which extends therethrough. The head 8 of the screw is polygonal and rests against the bottom oi the housing. The latter is "formed near its bottom as at 9 of a polygonal crosssection corresponding to the head of the screw to snugly fit the latter so that relative rotation of the two is prevented. The wall of the housing is crimped or indented immediately over the head of the screw as at 10 to prevent relative axial movement of the screw an d housing.

The edge 11 of the cup or housing is bent outwardly as shown, providing a seat {or the flange 12 of the threaded sleeve 13. Proton ably the flange is slightly concave as shown and the shoulder which it forms with the sleeve rounded as at 14 to render the applica tion of a screw to the sleeve easier. An ans'rii ss Jenn 'vonioim, or cnroaeo, rmli ois, Assieivon, omen iranonao'r'onine CQRIEOEATION, or CHICAGO,

screw projecting PATENT FF MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO ILLINOIS, A COEIZUR XTION METAL sonnw sooner.

nulus 15 also struck u a from sheet metal and having an inwardly extendingdished tla go 16 is applied over the outer edges of flanges 11, 12 and bent inward beneath the same to secure them together and form a sightly finish,

' the peripheries said flanges and annulus being polygonal and similarly shaped so that they are held against relative movement of any kind. The socket thus constitutes a rigid structure which may be readily applied to an tomobile or other structure of wood or the i by sin j a hole of the diameter of the housing and boring another at the center oi? l'lllQOttOlll th reel the screw shank 7 and then d iving the socket into place by a hammer and wrench.v the latter being applied to v the annulus 15. Preferably the socket is sunk until the annulus is in contact with the wooden member to which the socket is ap plied.

I claim: 1. A screw socket comprising a housing, a rvzially from the bottom there f, and an interiorly threaded sleeve in the housing, said sleeve and socket having outwardly turned flanges and an annnl s c uring the said flanges together.

2. A. screw socket comprising a cup with an outwardly flanged lip and having a hole in the bottom thereoi'f, "be lower end of the cup being polygonal, a screw the shank of which extends t irough said hole in the cup and the head of which fits within the polygonal end otthe cap, the wall of the cup beingindented over t 1e screw head to hold the latter in place,

an outwardly flanged screw sleeve in the housing and a polygonal annulus securing the flanges on the sleeve and cup together.

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